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TRUCKING's WORLD NEWS - Condenseds -
* Rebate program for OOIDA Members carries on through 2006
KIRKLAND, Wash,USA -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -8 Feb 2006: Kenworth Truck Company announced it will extend its rebate program with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) through 2006... Originally introduced nearly four years ago, the program offers a $1,000 rebate to OOIDA members on qualifying purchases of new Kenworth sleeper trucks...
* Experts say more checks needed on overloaded trucks
Delhi,India -Delhi Newsline -Feb 2, 2006: Traffic research foundation says overloading was to blame for recent fatal accident at Bagpat that killed 18 people... Overloading of vehicles is one of the biggest causes of accidents as far as Delhi is concerned, say experts... S P Singh, a senior fellow in the Indian Foundation of Traffic Research and Transport said: "An accident that took place two days ago in Bagpat in the NCR could have been avoided if the vehicles weren’t overloaded"...
* CTA gives input on C-TPAT revisions
OTTAWA, Ont.,Canada -Truck News, by Adam Ledlow -8 Feb 2006: The Canadian Trucking Alliance, along with the American and Mexican trucking associations, has been asked by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for input on revised C-TPAT carrier security criteria. In response to concerns expressed by the industry, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has made a number of revisions to its latest draft...
* Record year for Leyland Trucks
UK -Leyland Today -2 Feb 2006: BRITAIN's only remaining truck factory, Leyland Trucks, has announced a record year... The firm, which faced closure in 1993, produced more than 17,000 trucks in 2005 for the first time since the Leyland Assembly Plant, in Croston Road, was opened 25 years ago... A £35m investment programme has just been completed and the firm has boosted job numbers to 1,200 – a rise of 85 per cent since 1993 when the plant was rescued from receivership...
* Oshkosh Truck To Open Office In China
Oshkosh,USA -CBS 5 WFRV/AP -Feb 8, 2006: Oshkosh Truck plans to open a sales office in Beijing, China this spring... The truck manufacturer believes it can sell more fire and rescue vehicles in China, and maybe more cement mixers and garbage trucks...
* Tata, Hinduja groups to make trucks in Bengal
Kolkata,India -Business Standard -Feb 03, 2006: The government of West Bengal was aiming to make the state the automobile and commercial vehicle (CV) hub of the region... The state chief minister told the executive committee members of FICCI here today that Tata Motors and the Hinduja group were almost certain to put up automobile or CV manufacturing plants in the state... The Russian truck manufacturer Ural was set to start its assembly operations in the state from March at Haldia in collaboration with the Kolkata-based Motijug group...
* Russia: Renault Trucks signs letter of intent with RusPromAvto
Moscow,Russia -By AWKnowledge -9 Feb, 2006: Renault Trucks has signed a letter of intent with Russian automotive group RusPromAvto regarding the manufacture of truck engines in Russia... Under this agreement, RusPromAvto is licensed to manufacture Renault Trucks' dCi type engines in Russia...
* Canada: A review of economic statistics this week
OTTAWA,CP, Canada -CBC News -Feb 5, 2006: Vehicle registrations up slightly: There were 19.4 million motorized road vehicles registered in Canada in 2005, up from 19.1 million the year before, Statistics Canada said... Registration of cars and light vehicles such as pickup trucks and minivans totalled 18.1 million, or 94 per cent of all registrations, that was up from 17.9 million in 2004. The rest of the 2005 totals consisted of 78,050 buses, 443,700 motorcycles and mopeds, and 707,600 truck tractors and heavier trucks...
* Akron could get new garbage trucks, bins
Akron,OH,USA -The Beacon Journal, by John Higgins -Feb. 06, 2006: Akron's 66,000 garbage customers may get new, bigger trash totes in September and either a rate hike or a decrease, depending on whether they recycle... The city wants to buy 19 new, automated trucks that grab the oversized totes with a hydraulic arm, dump them, and set them back on the ground...
* Watkins and Shepard Trucking CEO named Innovator of the Year
Helena, Mont.,USA -Layover -6 Feb 2006: Watkins and Shepard's chairman and chief executive officer, Ray Kuntz was recently recognized as Innovator of the Year by Commercial Carrier Journal Magazine. Kuntz is also vice chairman of the American Trucking Associations, and for several months he has co-chaired an ATA-Truckload Carriers Association task force on driver recruiting...
* OOIDA supports U.S. tax credit program
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo.,USA -Truck News (Canada), by: James Menzies -9 Feb 2006: The Owner-Operator Independent Driver's Association (OOIDA) is throwing its support behind a U.S. bill that would provide tax credits on the purchase of anti-idling devices that reduce pollution and save fuel... The Idling Reduction Tax Credit Act of 2006 has been introduced south of the border by Rep. Kay Granger... The proposal would allow a 25 per cent tax credit up to $1,000 for the purchase of anti-idling devices. Here in Canada, FleetSmart already offers rebates on the purchase of approved anti-idling devices such as auxiliary power units...
* Tata Motors Q3 net jumps 46 pct, above forecast
MUMBAI, India -Reuters -Feb 10 2006: India's top vehicle maker, Tata Motors Ltd., posted a 46 percent jump in quarterly profit, beating expectations as sales rose and costs of raw material such as steel fell... Tata Motors, which has 60 percent of India's truck and bus market, said net profit rose to 4.6 billion rupees ($104 million) in October-December from 3.16 billion a year earlier. Revenue rose 16.3 percent to 50.75 billion rupees from 43.63 billion...
* ATA warns governments not to increase burden
Australia -Supply Chain Review -8 Feb 2006: Governments need to be cautious about endorsing an economic reform program that increases truck registration and fuel excise charges, the Australian Trucking Association (ATA) has warned... ATA Chairman Ross Fraser says any increases would reverse key economic gains made in recent years... Fraser says only 15 percent of freight is contestable between road and rail...
* Lawsuit against Massena trucking firm settled
Watertown,NY,USA -Newswatch 50/Watertown Daily Times -7 Feb 2006: A lawsuit brought by Wal-Mart against a Massena trucking firm has been settled out of court... According to a report, the federal lawsuit brought by Wal-Mart against trucking firm Walsh Trucking Services Inc. over an alleged undelivered shipment was settled according to documents filed last Thursday in U.S. District Court in Syracuse...
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